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Fernando García-Arenal

Fernando García-Arenal

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Biology and Biochemistry
Spain
2023

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
64
Citations
11344
World Ranking
9897
National Ranking
193

Fernando García-Arenal publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando García-Arenal sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 196 publications — 48th percentile

48% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Fernando García-Arenal D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Fernando García-Arenal sits on this spectrum.

40–41 D-Index: 80 scientists 42–43 D-Index: 183 scientists 44–45 D-Index: 317 scientists 46–47 D-Index: 504 scientists 48–49 D-Index: 718 scientists 50–51 D-Index: 900 scientists 52–53 D-Index: 1,026 scientists 54–55 D-Index: 1,150 scientists 56–57 D-Index: 1,236 scientists 58–59 D-Index: 1,253 scientists 60–61 D-Index: 1,163 scientists 62–63 D-Index: 1,131 scientists 64–65 D-Index: 1,032 scientists 66–67 D-Index: 897 scientists 68–69 D-Index: 814 scientists 70–71 D-Index: 715 scientists 72–73 D-Index: 709 scientists 74–75 D-Index: 596 scientists 76–77 D-Index: 512 scientists 78–79 D-Index: 473 scientists 80–81 D-Index: 412 scientists 82–83 D-Index: 373 scientists 84–85 D-Index: 358 scientists 86–87 D-Index: 285 scientists 88–89 D-Index: 273 scientists 90–91 D-Index: 227 scientists 92–93 D-Index: 208 scientists 94–95 D-Index: 193 scientists 96–97 D-Index: 153 scientists 98–99 D-Index: 157 scientists 100–101 D-Index: 148 scientists 102–103 D-Index: 120 scientists 104–105 D-Index: 113 scientists 106–107 D-Index: 100 scientists 108–109 D-Index: 86 scientists 110–111 D-Index: 67 scientists 112–113 D-Index: 72 scientists 114–115 D-Index: 73 scientists 116–117 D-Index: 64 scientists 118–119 D-Index: 53 scientists 120–121 D-Index: 60 scientists 122–123 D-Index: 54 scientists 124–125 D-Index: 43 scientists 126–127 D-Index: 38 scientists 128–129 D-Index: 49 scientists 130–131 D-Index: 26 scientists 132–133 D-Index: 18 scientists 134–135 D-Index: 23 scientists 136–137 D-Index: 32 scientists 138–139 D-Index: 32 scientists 140–141 D-Index: 27 scientists 142–143 D-Index: 19 scientists 144–145 D-Index: 22 scientists 146–147 D-Index: 12 scientists 148–149 D-Index: 16 scientists 150–151 D-Index: 14 scientists 152–153 D-Index: 10 scientists 154–155 D-Index: 13 scientists 156–157 D-Index: 10 scientists 158–159 D-Index: 7 scientists 160–161 D-Index: 9 scientists 162–163 D-Index: 13 scientists 164–165 D-Index: 4 scientists 166 D-Index: 4 scientists 167+ D-Index: 98 scientists
40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 64 D-Index — 52nd percentile

52% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Fernando García-Arenal is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain. Their research focuses extensively on plant sciences, genetics, and molecular biology, with a significant emphasis on agricultural and biological sciences. Their work spans several subfields including plant science, genetics, endocrinology, public health, environmental and occupational health, as well as ecology, evolution, behavior, and systematics.

The scientist's main research topics include plant virus research studies, plant parasitism and resistance, evolution and genetic dynamics, plant and fungal interactions research, plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant disease resistance and genetics, and studies involving both plants and animals.

Frequent coauthors in their work are:

  • Aurora Fraile
  • Israel Pagán
  • Michael McLeish
  • Bisola Mercy Babalola
  • Adrián Peláez

Their publications appear predominantly in journals such as Viruses, Phytopathology, New Phytologist, Virus Evolution, and Molecular Plant Pathology.

Recent papers include:

  • "Tolerance of Plants to Pathogens: A Unifying View," 2020, Annual Review of Phytopathology
  • "Coexistence of nestedness and modularity in host-pathogen infection networks," 2020, Nature Ecology & Evolution
  • "Population Genomics of Plant Viruses: The Ecology and Evolution of Virus Emergence," 2020, Phytopathology
  • "Ecological fitting is the forerunner to diversification in a plant virus with broad host range," 2020, Journal of Evolutionary Biology
  • "Tobamoviruses Show Broad Host Ranges and Little Genetic Diversity Among Four Habitat Types of a Heterogeneous Ecosystem," 2023, Phytopathology

Best Publications

  • Variability and genetic structure of plant virus populations.

    Fernando García-Arenal;Aurora Fraile;José M. Malpica

  • The evolution of virulence and pathogenicity in plant pathogen populations

    Soledad Sacristán;Fernando García‐Arenal

  • An Analysis of the Durability of Resistance to Plant Viruses

    Fernando García-Arenal;Bruce A. McDonald

  • Molecular Basis of Virus Evolution

    Adrian J. Gibbs;Charles H. Calisher;Fernando García-Arenal

  • Variation and evolution of plant virus populations

    Fernando García-Arenal;Aurora Fraile;José M. Malpica

  • The Rate and Character of Spontaneous Mutation in an RNA Virus

    José M Malpica;Aurora Fraile;Ignacio Moreno;Clara I Obies

  • Evolution and emergence of plant viruses

    Santiago F. Elena;Aurora Fraile;Fernando García-Arenal

  • Genetic Exchange by Recombination or Reassortment Is Infrequent in Natural Populations of a Tripartite RNA Plant Virus

    Aurora Fraile;Jose Luis Alonso-Prados;Miguel A. Aranda;Juan J. Bernal

  • Estimation of Population Bottlenecks during Systemic Movement of Tobacco Mosaic Virus in Tobacco Plants

    Soledad Sacristán;José M. Malpica;Aurora Fraile;Fernando García-Arenal

  • Multiple infection, recombination and genome relationships among begomovirus isolates found in cotton and other plants in Pakistan

    Ana I. Sanz;Aurora Fraile;Fernando Garcı́a-Arenal;Xueping Zhou

  • A century of tobamovirus evolution in an Australian population of Nicotiana glauca.

    A Fraile;F Escriu;M A Aranda;J M Malpica

  • Role of recombination in the evolution of natural populations of Cucumber mosaic virus, a tripartite RNA plant virus

    Julien Bonnet;Aurora Fraile;Soledad Sacristán;José M. Malpica

  • Time--the emerging dimension of plant virus studies.

    A. J. Gibbs;Denis Fargette;F. Garcia-Arenal;M. J. Gibbs

  • Ecosystem simplification, biodiversity loss and plant virus emergence.

    Marilyn J Roossinck;Marilyn J Roossinck;Fernando García-Arenal

  • Variability and genetic structure of the population of watermelon mosaic virus infecting melon in Spain

    I.M. Moreno;J.M. Malpica;J.A. Dı́az-Pendón;E. Moriones

  • Estimation of the Effective Number of Founders That Initiate an Infection after Aphid Transmission of a Multipartite Plant Virus

    Mónica Betancourt;Alberto Fereres;Aurora Fraile;Fernando García-Arenal

  • Role of cucumovirus capsid protein in long-distance movement within the infected plant.

    M E Taliansky;F García-Arenal

  • Genetic Structure of the Population of Pepino mosaic virus Infecting Tomato Crops in Spain.

    Israel Pagán;María del Carmen Córdoba-Sellés;Llucia Martínez-Priego;Aurora Fraile

  • Tolerance to Plant Pathogens: Theory and Experimental Evidence.

    Israel Pagán;Fernando García-Arenal

  • The Multiplicity of Infection of a Plant Virus Varies during Colonization of Its Eukaryotic Host

    Pablo González-Jara;Aurora Fraile;Tomás Canto;Fernando García-Arenal

Frequent Co-Authors

Aurora Fraile
Aurora Fraile Technical University of Madrid
Miguel A. Aranda
Miguel A. Aranda Spanish National Research Council
Adrian J. Gibbs
Adrian J. Gibbs Australian National University
Enrique Moriones
Enrique Moriones Spanish National Research Council
Peter Palukaitis
Peter Palukaitis Seoul Women's University
Carlos Alonso-Blanco
Carlos Alonso-Blanco Spanish National Research Council
Milton Zaitlin
Milton Zaitlin Cornell University
Alberto Fereres
Alberto Fereres Spanish National Research Council
Andrés Moya
Andrés Moya University of Valencia
Santiago F. Elena
Santiago F. Elena Santa Fe Institute

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